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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Posted: 2010.03.19 (22:39)
by Tunco

Re: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Posted: 2010.03.20 (19:33)
by fawk
I want to know what they were drinking when they thought of that name.

Re: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Posted: 2010.03.20 (21:33)
by t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư
A long time ago, I signed up for an email account at abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com, and it appears to be up and running fine.
(That's the English alphabet twice, then again up to 'k'.)

Re: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Posted: 2010.03.20 (22:35)
by Tunco
Image
;D

Re: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Posted: 2010.03.22 (09:23)
by Neil_Bryan
Wikipedia wrote:Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Letters: 45
Longest word in a major dictionary
Technical; coined to be the longest word

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Letters: 45
Longest Place name in U.S.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Letters: 85
A hill in New Zealand. The name is in the Māori language.
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon
Letters: 183
Longest word coined by a major author
Coined; not in dictionary; Ancient Greek transliteration

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine
Letters:189,819
Chemical name of titin
Technical; not in dictionary; disputed whether it is a word